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Halifax reports lowest rate of house price growth in five years for October
Latest Halifax House Price Index report October 2018 released today headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth Slows to 1.5% – Lowest Rate in Five Years’. The report reveals that prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year earlier – slowing from the 2.5% annual growth recorded…
Read MoreAnnual rate of house price growth rises in August according to Halifax
Latest Halifax House Price Index report – August 2018 released today headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth Rises To 3.7% in August’. The report reveals that house prices in the three months to August increased by 3.7% against the same period a year earlier, on a monthly basis, prices remained steady, seeing a small rise of…
Read MoreGreater London house prices more than double national average according to Halifax research
Latest research from Halifax reveals that Greater London house prices per square metre stall for the first time in 8 years, prices per square metre rose by less than 1% in Greater London. The greatest increase over the last 12 months was in East Anglia where house prices per m2 rose by 7% to £2,256…
Read MoreHouse prices picked up in July according to Halifax
Latest Halifax House Price Index report – July 2018 released today headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth Rises to 3.3% in July’. The Halifax report reveals house prices in the three months to July 2018 were 3.3% higher than in the same three months a year earlier. On a monthly basis, prices rose by 1.4% in…
Read MoreHouse prices remain broadly flat according to Halifax
Latest Halifax House Price Index report released today headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth Remains Flat at 1.8% in June’. Russell Galley, Managing Director, Halifax, said: “House prices continue to remain broadly flat, with the annual rate of growth marginally slowing from 1.9% in May to 1.8% in June. “Activity levels, like house price growth, have…
Read MoreHalifax research reveals that average house prices in British seaside towns have increased by 21% in the past decade
Halifax research reveals that average house prices in British seaside towns have increased by 21% in the past decade – over £4,000 a year Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for the third year running, according to Halifax’s latest research. The second and third spots remain unchanged on last year with average…
Read MoreHouse prices rise 1.5% in May according to Halifax
Latest Halifax House Price Index – May 2018 headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth Softens to 1.9% in May.’ Halifax revealed that on a quarterly basis, house prices were up just 0.2% in the three months from April to May compared to the previous quarter. Annual inflation rate stood at 1.9%. On a monthly basis, prices…
Read MoreHousing demand has softened in early months of 2018 according to Halifax
Latest Halifax House Price Index report – April 2018 released today headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth at 2.2%’. House prices in the three months to April 2018 were 2.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier according to Halifax. The report reveals that on a monthly basis, prices fell by 3.1% in…
Read MoreHalifax research reveals ‘Mortgage Freedom day’
Halifax research reveals that today homeowners have earned sufficient, on average, to cover their mortgage payment for the rest of 2018. This is based on the average annual mortgage repayment cost of £8,039 and the average net annual income of £27,724. Halifax also reveals that there is a wide variation in ‘Mortgage Freedom’ Days across…
Read MoreHalifax expects house price growth in coming months to remain close to their prediction of 3%
Latest Halifax House Price Index report – March 2018 released today reveals:House prices in the three months to March 2018 were 2.7% higher than in the same three months a year earlier. On a monthly basis, prices grew by 1.5% in March this follows a 0.5% rise in February; monthly changes can be volatile. The…
Read MoreMortgages now at their most affordable level in a decade according to Halifax
Mortgages in the UK have reached their most affordable level in a decade, according to new research from Halifax. The latest Halifax Affordability Review reveals that homeowners spend less than a third of disposable income on mortgage payments, the lowest affordability in 10 years since market peak of 48% in 2007. The significant improvement in…
Read MoreAnnual house price growth slows according to Halifax
The latest Halifax House Price Index report – February 2018 released today headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth slows to 1.8%’ The report reveals that House prices in the three months to February 2018 were 1.8% higher than in the same three months a year earlier. Russell Galley, Managing Director, Halifax, said: “House prices continue to…
Read MoreBuying a home is cheaper than renting according to Halifax
The latest Halifax Buying vs. Renting Review found that the average cost including mortgage payment of buying a three-bed home in the UK was £679 a month in December 2017, compared to the average monthly rent of £754 for the same property type. New research from the Halifax reveals that first-time buyers are saving £27,000…
Read MoreUK house prices fall again in January on a monthly basis according to Halifax
The latest Halifax House Price Index report – January 2018 released today headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth Slows To 2.2%’ The report states: Prices in the last three months to January were 2.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, although the annual change in January was lower than in December (2.7%).…
Read MoreNumbers of first-time buyers increase for 6th consecutive year according to latest halifax First-Time Buyer Review.
The latest Halifax First-Time Buyer Review released 27th January 2018 headlined ‘Number of first-time buyers highest since 2007 despite deposits doubling.’ The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have reached 359,000 in 2017, an increase for the sixth consecutive year, while those taking their first step on to the property ladder are putting down…
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